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Recently bought an ex-display Pennine Pullman and took it away last weekend to christen it.  The unit went up fine (I paid attention at the demonstration at the dealers) however I could not get the side skirts to peg near ground level.  The site was a level hardstanding pitch.  I dropped the inside frame a bit to pull the main canvas down but still had a considerable amount of the cream bit showing.  Was using strong steel pegs with the elastic loops supplied but could not get enough peg into the ground to hold it down.  The skirts were on but flapping in the breeze!  Not quite the image I had in mind.

What was a I doing wrong? 

PS What a great piece of kit!  

What was a I doing wrong? 

Expecting too much for your first trip.

Are you talking about the curtains or screens that wrap round the bedroom extensions outside?We dont have them.

When we fit the awning which is a bit of a job and needs a lot of patience and red wine after, we sometime find we have to shift pegs until we get it looking tidy.

The important thing is the canvas is attached to the frame and you are sleeping under it so it will still be there in the morning.

Relax and enjoy the life. There is no better sensation than smelling the bacon and eggs frying on a sultry spring morning or sitting back and watching your dinner being grilled for you. 

Thank you for your replies.  I m talking about the bed skirts that fit around the outside of the camper under the bed extensions.  Haven't got around to fitting the awning just yet - wanted to feel confident with the rest of it before I get to that stage!  I did use the elastic loops supplied with the bed skirts but it still seemed too big a gap to bridge.  When looking at the promotional pictures of the camper with the skirts fitted they all look very neatly pegged down - that is in a perfect world I know but after a number of years in scouts and the owner and regular user of a four man and ten man Kyham I expected it to look a little tidier than it did! 

Perhaps I should have opened the wine before I started!

Change of thread, but can anyone recommend a hitchlock or wheel clamp for the Pennine?  There seems to be a big selection out there!